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Space Image: Large X-class flare erupts on the Sun

On Jan. 27, 2012, a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tasting fructose with the pancreas

Taste receptors on the tongue help us distinguish between safe food and food that's spoiled or toxic. But taste receptors are now being found in other organs, too. In a study published online the week of February ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Quality medical journal news releases can help newspapers do a better job informing public

Medical journal press releases are the most direct way that journals communicate with the news media about new research. According to a study in the British Medical Journal, press release quality appears to have an import ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic study links body clock receptor to diabetes

A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for me ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mechanism sheds light on how the brain adapts to stress

Scientists now have a better understanding of the way that stress impacts the brain. New research, published by Cell Press in the January 26 issue of the journal Neuron, reveals pioneering evidence for a new mechanism of str ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D may improve bone health in those taking anti-HIV drug

Vitamin D may help prevent hormonal changes that can lead to bone loss among those being treated for HIV with the drug tenofovir, according to the results of a National Institutes of Health network study of adolescents with ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds two genes affect anxiety, behavior in mice with too much MeCP2

The anxiety and behavioral issues associated with excess MeCP2 protein result from overexpression of two genes (Crh [corticotropin-releasing hormone] and Oprm 1 [mu-opioid receptor MOR 1]), which may point the way to treating ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineering cartilage replacements

A lab discovery is a step toward implantable replacement cartilage, holding promise for knees, shoulders, ears and noses damaged by osteoarthritis, sports injuries and accidents.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Romanian accused of hacking NASA servers arrested

A 26-year-old Romanian accused of hacking several servers of the US space agency NASA costing it some 500,000 dollars has been arrested, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human skin begins tanning in seconds, and here's how

We all know that human skin tans after days spent in the sun. That relatively slow process has known links to ultraviolet (and specifically UVB) exposure, which leads to tanning only after it damages the DNA of skin cells. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Dopamine release in human brain tracked at microsecond timescale reveals decision-making

A research team led by investigators at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute has demonstrated the first rapid measurements of dopamine release in a human brain and provided preliminary evidence that the neurotransmitter ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Brain training increases dopamine release

It is known that training can improve working memory. In a new study in Science, researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University, Åbo Akademi University, and the University of Turku show for the first time t ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weakness in aging tied to leaky muscles

There is a reason exercise becomes more difficult with age. A report in the August Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, ties the weakness of aging to leaky calcium channels inside muscle cells. But there is some good n ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Paleoecologists suggest mass extinction due to huge methane release

(PhysOrg.com) -- Micha Ruhl and colleagues from the University of Copenhagen's Nordic Center for Earth Evolution have published a paper in Science where they contend that the mass extinction that occurred at the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 32 | with audio podcast report

Cancer gene therapy from camels

Nanobodies produced from camel blood have unique properties, which can be used in future drug development. New research published in Journal of Controlled Release confirms that camel blood can help scientists in the fight ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast